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17 May 2024

Malaysia

Former HRPB Director Recalls Frequently Signing Junior Doctors’ Resignation Letters

Ex-HRPB director Dr Megat Iskandar recalls often signing junior MOs' resignation letters, saying this is happening in hospitals nationwide. "If not resolved immediately, we will return to the 90s when there was a shortage of doctors in the government sector."

27 November 2023

Malaysia

Rat Bites Patient In Ipoh General Hospital Ward

A rat bit a patient in a ward at Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital (HRPB) in Ipoh last Sept. The 61yo man was treated early and referred to a clinic. JKN Perak says after a probe, HRPB's public health unit now conducts monthly spot checks for rat control.

16 December 2022

Malaysia

In Ipoh, Making Dementia A Public Health Issue

The Bougainvillea City Dementia Cafe in Ipoh, Perak, holds monthly meetings where people with dementia, their families and friends, health and social care professionals, as well as the local community can come to interact and learn more about dementia.

16 December 2022

Malaysia

Why Some Doctors Quit: Guilt Over Patient Deaths From Bed Shortages

“When a patient dies in casualty because there are not enough beds, the person who really dies inside is the doctor who looked after them because that doctor knows that this shouldn't have happened. They have done their best” – Ipoh doctor.

13 December 2022

Malaysia

Exco: Ipoh GH Sought RM6.5 Million Last April For Upgrades

Perak exco A. Sivanesan, who visited HRPB’s emergency unit today, says he has discussed the ED's overcrowding problem with the hospital director, Perak state health director, and health minister.

13 December 2022

Malaysia

Ipoh GH Discussing With MOH On Boosting Emergency Department Capacity

HRPB acknowledges room for improvement in quality of care, like other hospitals. Experts Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman and Dr Christopher Lee express concern over the crisis at HRPB’s ETD.

12 December 2022

Malaysia

Critically Ill Patients Stranded Six Days In Ipoh GH’s Emergency Department

Non-Covid Red Zone cases in Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital’s ETD are waiting about 2-3 days for ward admission, even up to 6 days. Some very ill patients are unmonitored when stranded in “no man’s zone”, shunted between the busy emergency and ward teams. This is a long read.

29 July 2022

Malaysia

HRPB Doctor Under Police Probe Over Complaint On Ambulance Response

An external inquiry agreed that the paramedic who attended to Ipoh teacher Kumaraveloo Terpari “should have done” CPR, but reportedly said the MA wasn't in the "right mindset".

5 July 2022

Opinion

The Unseen Power Of Paramedics Over Patients’ Lives

The Health Ministry's National Committee on Resuscitation Training (NCORT) states in a 2012 guideline: “It is a duty of every doctor to attempt resuscitation on any patients with cardiac arrest.”

27 June 2022

Malaysia

Khairy: HRPB To Explain Contested Ambulance Response To Victim’s Kin

Khairy Jamaluddin says the proposed meeting tomorrow between the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital director and the victim’s brother in the April 13 case can be the “start of the conversation”.

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Former HRPB Director Recalls Frequently Signing Junior Doctors’ Resignation Letters

Rat Bites Patient In Ipoh General Hospital Ward

In Ipoh, Making Dementia A Public Health Issue

Why Some Doctors Quit: Guilt Over Patient Deaths From Bed Shortages

Exco: Ipoh GH Sought RM6.5 Million Last April For Upgrades

Ipoh GH Discussing With MOH On Boosting Emergency Department Capacity

Critically Ill Patients Stranded Six Days In Ipoh GH’s Emergency Department

HRPB Doctor Under Police Probe Over Complaint On Ambulance Response

The Unseen Power Of Paramedics Over Patients’ Lives

Khairy: HRPB To Explain Contested Ambulance Response To Victim’s Kin

MMC-Registered Medical Graduates Nearly Halved In Six Years

Help, I’m Forced To Work Every Day — Sibu Hospital Medical Officer

Six Nurses’ Groups Oppose 45-Hour Work Week Under SSPA Shift System

MMA Launching ‘Black Monday’ Protest To ‘Save’ GPs

Rising Health Insurance Premiums Benefit Insurers And Hospitals — Dr Mohamed Rafick Khan Abdul Rahman